Wams Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Wams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 339 | 1:49,815 | 8,537 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wams (39) may also be a first name.
Wams Demographics
Average Wams Salary in
Canada
$43,711 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Wams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wams Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wams occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wams? popularity and diffusion
Wams is the 718,674th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Wams reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wams is also the 1,637,361st most commonly held given name globally It is held by 39 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 49,815. In The Netherlands Wams is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 15 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and Overijssel, where 15 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Wams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wams has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wams surname expanded 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wams Last Name Statistics demography
Wams earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 12.02% less than the national average, earning $43,711 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wamms | 89 | 102 | / |
| Weams | 89 | 102 | / |
| Wamse | 89 | 12 | / |
| Wgams | 89 | 3 | / |
| Wamns | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wuams | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wamsh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waims | 89 | 0 | / |
| Waems | 89 | 0 | / |
| Vwamse | 80 | 128 | / |
| Wasems | 80 | 25 | / |
| Wamshe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waamss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Watims | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wammss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wheams | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weamss | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wans | 75 | 1,381 | / |
| Bams | 75 | 765 | / |
| Wems | 75 | 21 | / |
| Vams | 75 | 16 | / |
| Woms | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wamz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Uams | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wamx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waahams | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weems | 67 | 13,993 | / |
| Beams | 67 | 2,607 | / |
| Womse | 67 | 526 | / |
| Wains | 67 | 311 | / |
| Wanse | 67 | 285 | / |
| Baums | 67 | 216 | / |
| Wansh | 67 | 166 | / |
| Wayns | 67 | 91 | / |
| Baams | 67 | 76 | / |
| Bahms | 67 | 49 | / |
| Weans | 67 | 43 | / |
| Vamns | 67 | 37 | / |
| Weims | 67 | 14 | / |
| Vamsh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wemms | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wooms | 67 | 10 | / |
| Baims | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bamsh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vaims | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wanås | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wanns | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vamms | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bam's | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vamse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weyms | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vamsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whoms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wammz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwans | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huams | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wamce | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whems | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wansz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vaums | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woems | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wams
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